Sept. 27, 2016: A vicious attack 16 years ago robbed him of a full life and this past weekend, Dougald Miller passed away. Today, his wife Lesley shares their story of strength and love. Julia Wong reports.

In 1981, Lesley, then 35 years old, was going through a divorce and Dougald, then 42 years old, had returned from Canada to Scotland to visit friends and family. They met, fell in love and married in Westlock a year-and-a-half later.

“He made me laugh, you know, and I was a sad wreck when he met me. He changed my life completely,” Lesley told Global News in 2016.

Their happy life was shattered in 2000 when Dougald was savagely beaten by notorious dangerous offender Leo Teskey.